Entrepreneurial Initiatives
Training Programs
- Entrepreneurial Initiatives
- ProMOTE (Professional Mastery of Office Technology for Empolyment)
- Contract Management Support Training Program
- NSITE CISCO Networking Academy
- NSITE IT Essentials Program
- NSITE Cybersecurity Program
- NSITE’s Customer-Centered Communications
- NSITE Sourcing Specialist Certificate Program
- Business Leaders Program (BLP)
- Future Business Leaders Programs

NSITE has partnered with NIB and the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB) to offer an entrepreneurial program to help people who are blind, visually impaired, and/or Veterans stand up their own business.
Aspiring entrepreneurs will enter into this 9-month intensive program that prepares them to launch the business of their choice. Examples of business concepts include:
- Re-sale of AbilityOne Products with the support of products with the support of NIB’s e-commerce solution and access to client networks.
- Consulting services; and
- Niche-market sales of proprietary products
Tuition covers:
- Prerequisite Office technology proficiency training (Microsoft Office suite, meeting platforms, internet research, etc.) for users of assistive technologies
- Business Basics foundational coursework:
- Business Operations
- Finance and Budgeting Essentials
- Improving Decision Making
- Marketing and Sales
- Regularly scheduled virtual instructor-led (vILT) meetings with staff, mentors, and experts to deepen the learning and clarify questions
- Wharton Business School: Entrepreneurship Specialization online curriculum
- Developing the Opportunity
- Launching Your Start-Up
- Financing and Profitability
- Entrepreneurship Specialization Capstone: Business Plan
- E-Commerce Platform: Training and support for those entrepreneurs opting for a AbilityOne Product Resale business
- Business Plan: Development of individual business plans with the support of a mentor
- Start-Up Launch Support
For more information, contact:
Jonathan Lucus, jlucus@nsite.org
Marianne Haegeli, mhaegeli@nsite.org
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB)
John Oliveira, john.oliveira@state.ma.us